“We CAN’T tell you all the poprietary details, but… We’ve developed an algorithm that explores Flash files in the same way that a person would, by clicking buttons, entering input, and so on. Our algorithm remembers all of the text… “ – Google.
And I’m glad they don’t. Otherwise it would be too easy for every spammer, scraper, and hacker to destroy yet another beautiful thing on the internet. However, for the rest of us with day jobs, it would be nice to know just how Google does what they say they do. Maybe not everything, but “Will a hidden textbox containing variables in layer2 be indexed higher than my content in layer 1 (below layer 2)?” is a reasonable question, and one worth knowing before you broadcast your global variables or GET strings into general search text.
http://www.flashnseo.com/ has you coverd. Flashnseo is a group internet project to discover answers to specific flash SEO questions. They use good old fasion slouthing and trial and error; but it works.
Among the answers already discovered are:
- How Google index text embedded in Adobe Flash?
- Can Google index external content loaded in Adobe Flash?
- Does Google follow links embedded in Adobe Flash?
- Can Google index Flash created with JavaScript Object?
- Can Google index imported swf files?
Check over their site and get some answers. If you’re in a possition to help please do so.
